diff --git a/configs/mainnet.yaml b/configs/mainnet.yaml
index 80b8b6e7d..dd5b394af 100644
--- a/configs/mainnet.yaml
+++ b/configs/mainnet.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SHARDING_FORK_VERSION: 0x03000000
 SHARDING_FORK_EPOCH: 18446744073709551615
 
 # TBD, 2**32 is a placeholder. Merge transition approach is in active R&D.
-TRANSITION_TOTAL_DIFFICULTY_OFFSET: 4294967296
+MIN_ANCHOR_POW_BLOCK_DIFFICULTY: 4294967296
 
 
 # Time parameters
diff --git a/configs/minimal.yaml b/configs/minimal.yaml
index 8abbdb7fc..37a428b50 100644
--- a/configs/minimal.yaml
+++ b/configs/minimal.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SHARDING_FORK_VERSION: 0x03000001
 SHARDING_FORK_EPOCH: 18446744073709551615
 
 # TBD, 2**32 is a placeholder. Merge transition approach is in active R&D.
-TRANSITION_TOTAL_DIFFICULTY_OFFSET: 4294967296
+MIN_ANCHOR_POW_BLOCK_DIFFICULTY: 4294967296
 
 
 # Time parameters
diff --git a/specs/merge/beacon-chain.md b/specs/merge/beacon-chain.md
index 621ebfddc..b966c6811 100644
--- a/specs/merge/beacon-chain.md
+++ b/specs/merge/beacon-chain.md
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 - [Custom types](#custom-types)
 - [Constants](#constants)
   - [Execution](#execution)
-- [Configuration](#configuration)
-  - [Transition](#transition)
 - [Containers](#containers)
   - [Extended containers](#extended-containers)
     - [`BeaconBlockBody`](#beaconblockbody)
@@ -62,16 +60,6 @@ We define the following Python custom types for type hinting and readability:
 | `MAX_EXECUTION_TRANSACTIONS` | `uint64(2**14)` (= 16,384) |
 | `BYTES_PER_LOGS_BLOOM` | `uint64(2**8)` (= 256) |
 
-## Configuration
-
-Warning: this configuration is not definitive.
-
-### Transition
-
-| Name | Value |
-| - | - |
-| `TRANSITION_TOTAL_DIFFICULTY_OFFSET` | **TBD** |
-
 ## Containers
 
 ### Extended containers
diff --git a/specs/merge/fork.md b/specs/merge/fork.md
index cf6d938dd..0d0a81a33 100644
--- a/specs/merge/fork.md
+++ b/specs/merge/fork.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Warning: this configuration is not definitive.
 | - | - |
 | `MERGE_FORK_VERSION` | `Version('0x02000000')` |
 | `MERGE_FORK_EPOCH` | `Epoch(18446744073709551615)` **TBD** |
+| `MIN_ANCHOR_POW_BLOCK_DIFFICULTY` | **TBD** |
+| `SECONDS_SINCE_MERGE_FORK` | `uint64(7 * 86400)` = (604,800) |
 
 ## Fork to Merge
 
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ Warning: this configuration is not definitive.
 
 TBD. Social consensus, along with state conditions such as epoch boundary, finality, deposits, active validator count, etc. may be part of the decision process to trigger the fork. For now we assume the condition will be triggered at epoch `MERGE_FORK_EPOCH`.
 
+Since the Merge transition process relies on `Eth1Data` in the beacon state we do want to make sure that this data is fresh. This is achieved by forcing `MERGE_FORK_EPOCH` to point to eth1 voting period boundary, i.e. `MERGE_FORK_EPOCH` should satisfy the following condition `MERGE_FORK_EPOCH % EPOCHS_PER_ETH1_VOTING_PERIOD == 0`.
+
 Note that for the pure Merge networks, we don't apply `upgrade_to_merge` since it starts with Merge version logic.
 
 ### Upgrading the state
@@ -96,8 +100,18 @@ If `state.slot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH == 0` and `compute_epoch_at_slot(state.slot) ==
 Transition store initialization occurs after the state has been modified by corresponding `upgrade_to_merge` function.
 
 ```python
+def compute_transition_total_difficulty(anchor_pow_block: PowBlock) -> uint256:
+    seconds_per_voting_period = EPOCHS_PER_ETH1_VOTING_PERIOD * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * SECONDS_PER_SLOT
+    pow_blocks_per_voting_period = seconds_per_voting_period / SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK
+    pow_blocks_since_merge_fork = SECONDS_SINCE_MERGE_FORK / SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK
+    pow_blocks_to_transition = ETH1_FOLLOW_DISTANCE + pow_blocks_per_voting_period + pow_blocks_since_merge_fork
+    anchor_difficulty = max(MIN_ANCHOR_POW_BLOCK_DIFFICULTY, anchor_pow_block.difficulty)
+
+    return anchor_pow_block.total_difficulty + anchor_difficulty * pow_blocks_to_transition
+
+
 def get_transition_store(anchor_pow_block: PowBlock) -> TransitionStore:
-    transition_total_difficulty = anchor_pow_block.total_difficulty + TRANSITION_TOTAL_DIFFICULTY_OFFSET
+    transition_total_difficulty = compute_transition_total_difficulty(anchor_pow_block)
     return TransitionStore(transition_total_difficulty=transition_total_difficulty)